September 25, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, September 21, 2012) CARSON CITY, Nev. — A witness to the fatal crash involving a semi-truck and an Amtrak train in the Nevada desert said the truck driver seemed unaware of the approaching passenger train despite flashing lights and a...
July 13, 2012 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, July 12, 2012) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal investigators seeking the cause of a North Side train derailment are taking a close look at the tracks, after early scrutiny of the crew’s actions and the train itself revealed no glaring problems....
July 12, 2012 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, July 12, 2012) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Exploding freight cars full of ethanol made for a dramatic early morning scene in Ohio’s capital on Wednesday, but officials said the train derailment that led to a hurried evacuation of an urban...
July 11, 2012 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) press release, July 9, 2012. BLET Members Dan J. Hall and John S. Hall, both of Division 592, were killed in the collision.) Eastbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Freight Train ZLAAH-22 and Westbound UP Freight...
June 15, 2012 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, June 14, 2012) DES MOINES, Iowa — A misaligned switch leading into a rail yard caused a freight train to slam into some empty train cars in Bettendorf, Iowa, killing the conductor and engineer, the National Transportation Safety Board said...
April 18, 2012 | BNSF, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, April 17, 2012) WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Board meeting on April 24, 2012, to determine the probable cause of the 2010 collision of the passenger ferry...
March 6, 2012 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, March 5, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For decades, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has investigated accidents and incidents, across all modes of transportation where fatigue was a causal or...
February 17, 2012 | CN, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2012) CHICAGO — Canadian National Railway knew for an hour about a washout along tracks near Rockford but failed to notify a freight train crew in time to prevent a deadly derailment in 2009, the National Transportation Safety...
February 15, 2012 | CN, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 14, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today determined that the washout of a track structure and the failure to notify an oncoming train of the washout in...
February 10, 2012 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, February 10, 2012) WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Board meeting to determine the probable cause on the June 19, 2009, train derailment in Cherry Valley,...
